Donegal

Ireland - part two

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October 14th 2010
After spending the weekend in Northern Ireland we took off for the Northwest. If you ever visit Ireland this is the most beautiful part of the country. So, so rugged and so, so isolated. We drove to my aunts which is in Dungloe in County Donegal. This part of the country is called the Gaeltacht area where the street signs and many other signs on shops and houses are no longer in English but ar ... read more

Europe » Ireland

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Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than se... ... read more